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How do I wean a bottle baby?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1103706" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I usually tried to have my bottle calves eating well and weaned by 4-6 weeks, almost never had to feed a bottle past 6 wks. Every time you feed or pass by, shove a handful of calf-starter in the calf's mouth. Once they're eating 1.5# per day, you can stop the bottle and bump up the grain ration pretty quickly; they'll up their consumption pretty rapidly once you stop that bottle - but, as others have said, until they're consistently eating the starter ration, don't stop with the bottle. </p><p>Confined to a small stall or hutch, with fresh grain in front of 'em, they usually catch on pretty quick. </p><p></p><p>Nutritionists/rumen physiologists who've studied rumen development are no longer recommending hay for calves under 2 months of age - the grains in a good quality calf-starter ration actually do a better job of getting rumen papillae developed and functioning than does hay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1103706, member: 12607"] I usually tried to have my bottle calves eating well and weaned by 4-6 weeks, almost never had to feed a bottle past 6 wks. Every time you feed or pass by, shove a handful of calf-starter in the calf's mouth. Once they're eating 1.5# per day, you can stop the bottle and bump up the grain ration pretty quickly; they'll up their consumption pretty rapidly once you stop that bottle - but, as others have said, until they're consistently eating the starter ration, don't stop with the bottle. Confined to a small stall or hutch, with fresh grain in front of 'em, they usually catch on pretty quick. Nutritionists/rumen physiologists who've studied rumen development are no longer recommending hay for calves under 2 months of age - the grains in a good quality calf-starter ration actually do a better job of getting rumen papillae developed and functioning than does hay. [/QUOTE]
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